GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



Devotetl to the Science of Iloriculture anrl Hrrti'jul tii.-'?. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



D','Votcd to Park DeveloiMiient an! Rei itaticnal racilities. 



Vul. Xl.X. 



MARlll, 1^)13 



Making the Garden Habitable 



By Prof. Frank A. Waugh, Massachusetts. 



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( )[' can consider the garden fruni 

 two different ]K)ints of view. It 

 nia\ be an integral part of the home, 

 used and enjoyed like any other do- 

 n".cstic unit, such as the library or the 

 sitting room ; or on the other hand it 

 may be regarded merely as an orna- 

 mental exterior. Unfortunately in this 

 countr}- the latter view has largely pre- 

 vailed. The garden has been considered 

 a mere embellisliment, e.xternal orna- 

 n.ci.t. The idea of making the garden 

 a part of the home — of living, ])ia_\ing, 

 working, eating in it — is only begin- 

 ning to find its wa_\' into the best so- 

 ciety. ( )bvi(m.sly the garden (jught 

 to be more generally put to use 

 and le.ss commonly left u, the d lubt- 

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These different views of the purposes of a garden 

 lead to very different methods of design and treat- 

 ment. If a garden is to be part of the house it must 

 lirst of all have privacy. We cannot live our family 

 life in the garden if the spaces are left open to the ob- 

 servation of all the neighbors and of strangers passing 

 in the street. 



.Such privacy is secured in old-world gardens liy 

 high walls (if brick or stone. It is not feasiljle in this 

 country to adopt such exclusive habits, but at any rate 

 we can do much in the direction of dcnnestic privacy 

 liv simpler means. Hedges and screens of trees and 

 shrubbery are the most natural and often the most 

 eff'ective means of shutting in. the garden and shntling 

 out tlie world. 



After a certain amount of privacy- is secured the 

 garden next needs some furnisliings. .\n unfurnished 

 garden is as dreary and hopeless as an unfurnished 

 house. 



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